Improvement in oil-cans



UNITED STATES PATENT EEIGE.

KIRBY KITTOE, OF HAZEL GREEN, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN OIL-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,272, dated February 10, 1874 application filed y December 2, 1873.

Tolall whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, KIRBY KITToE, of Hazel Green, in the county of Grant and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and Vuseful Improvements in Oil-Cans 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention consists, rst, in the combination of a cap of peculiar construction with a can-top having a nozzle-Vent and vent-chamber; second, in the combination of the can with a metallic strip, formingavent-chamber; third, in the peculiar construction of the vent-chamber; and, fourth, in the combination, with a peculiarly constructed ventchamber, of a liange or equivalent means for closing the vent, all of which will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings,-I `ignres l and 2 represent la slde elevation of my improvements as ap -describe fully its construction.

A represents an oil-can, constructed of any proper size and suitable material, which is provided with the flat top a, having at one side the nozzle al, Fig. 4, with open top, and side opening a2, as shown. B represents the coveringcap, consisting. of acylinder closed at one end, which is adapted to fit over the nozzle snugly and close its opening. It is provided near its top with a side opening corresponding in height and size with thev opening a2, and has also an upwardly-projecting delivery-spout, b, of proper length, connected with its side opening, as shown. C represents a piece of sheet metal, of suitable form and size, which is properly bent and attached to the top of the can in such manner as to form a triangular chamber, having an inclined bottom, as shown. The large end of this chamber opens into the can, and the small end communicates with the external air through a small opening, c, in rear of the nozzle, as shown. I) represents a ilange, attached to the lower edge of the cap below the spout, which iiange is adapted to close the vent-opening when the cap is in its closed position. Instead of the ange a headed spring-wire may be employed to close the vent, as shown in Fig. 4. e represents a stop, by means of which the movement of the cap is properly limited.

The operation is as follows: Then the cap is so turned that the opening of its deliveryspout does not communicate with the opening in the nozzle, but is on the opposite side thereof, then the ange covers the vent perfectly, and the contents of the can are securely retained, but when the cap is so turned that the opening of its delivery-spout communicates with the opening in the nozzle the vent is un covered, and the contents of the can may be easily poured off through the projecting spout. This may be done without danger of explosion from contact with adjacent flames, because no gas or vapor is permitted to escape. is permitted to enter freely through the vent, and pass into the can above the liquid as the latter is discharged, and thus all tendency to spatter from the entrance of air through the spout is avoided.

The vent-chamber is constructed with an inclined bottom, to permit any oil that may get into it in carrying the can to settle back into the can when it is set down. By adjusting the cap properly, so that more or less of the opening in the nozzle is exposed, a larger or smaller stream may be poured from the can.

All the described parts may be constructed of any proper size and suitable material; but I, preferably, make the nozzle andcap of drawn brass tubing, the parts being fitted air-tight, and the upper edge of the spout being caused to bear against the under side of the top of the cap, as shown. I preferably make the opening in the cap one-fourth of an inch from the top, and the spout and corresponding opening in the nozzle one-fourth of an inch in diameter. I preferably make the spout one and one-half an inch long, and cause the nozzle to project inwardly through the top of the can one-fourth of an inch at the back, and slope to nothing at the front, as shown. The Vent-hole is made, preferably, about one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter, and is located about one-fourth of an inch in rear of the nozzle. The vent-tube, prefrIhe air A erably, tapers from one-fourth oi' an inch at the small end to onehalf of an inch at the large end.

Some of the advantages of the described construction are, safetyfrom explosion While pouringor lling; convenience in iilling; the small opening in the can; the coinpaetness of form; the absence of the conical head, which permits the accumulation of gas, the absence of complicated stoppers to the spout; and thc sini plicity of the single movement by which the opening is closed or opened.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The removable cap B, having spout b and flange D, in combination with the can-to'p a., having` nozzle a1,vent c, and chamber C, as described.

Megeve KIR Y KITTOE.

\`\7itnesses XVM. E. DUDLEY,

l. V. CHANDLER 

